Books like Hard Times
12 books with a reading profile close to Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Pygmalion
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Professor Henry Higgins, a specialist in phonetics, bets that he can pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a duchess by altering her speech and manners.
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2
Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
narrative, literary
This volume provides the complete shooting script for Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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3
Silk and Insight
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in 1950s Japan, this novel dramatizes the labor dispute at a major textile factory to examine the reality of industrial paternalism.
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4
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, these interconnected novels follow the lives of two boys navigating the constraints of antebellum society.
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5
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
The narrative follows Joseph Andrews, a virtuous footman who is dismissed from service after resisting the aggressive sexual advances of his mistress, Lady Booby.
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6
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Billy Lynn is a nineteen-year-old American soldier who has become a hero after a firefight in Iraq, which was caught on camera.
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7
Bel-Ami
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Georges Duroy arrives in Paris as a penniless veteran with nothing but his appearance and a lack of scruples.
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8
To Have and Have Not
narrative, literary
Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain in Key West, struggles to support his family during the Great Depression.
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9
Mademoiselle Fifi
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set during the Prussian occupation of France in the 1870s, this collection centers on the titular novella about a cruel Prussian officer nicknamed Mademoiselle Fifi for his effeminate mannerisms.
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10
Oliver Twist
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Born in a bleak parish workhouse, Oliver Twist begins his life as a nameless orphan struggling against the systemic cruelty of the English poor laws.
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11
Susan Lenox
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise follows an illegitimate girl born into a rigid Midwestern environment.
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12
Native Son
by Richard Wright, Richard Wright - undifferentiated
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set in the segregated South Side of Chicago during the 1930s, the narrative follows Bigger Thomas, a young Black man trapped by systemic poverty and racial prejudice.
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